Honington Airfield Memorials

[airfields man]

Honington Memorial Sunday 27th September 1987

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[airfields man]

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Memorial at the main gate, 29th April 2009
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[WJT]

Is the Buccaneer gate guardian still there?

[REF]

Yes it is Bill, I didn't photograph it this time, but here is a photo I took in 2006

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[WJT]

I wondered if the Rock Apes had got rid of the Bucc and put a Land Rover or something there in its place.

From memory the current Bucc is XK526, one of the S2 prototypes. The first Buccaneer on the gate there was XK531 (if I remember correctly). I helped put it there in May 1973.

[PNK]

Was this the one?

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[WJT]

Yes, that's the one. It was in use for ground instructional training and raised a few eyebrows when it was put on the gate - you know, Navy aircraft, RAF station, all that internecine warfare stuff.

We needed to get some bits to make it complete and I had to go to Shoeburyness a couple of times to rob parts from aircraft down there. Saw for myself the one TSR2 which had flown and also one of the Bristol T188 research aircraft.

[REF]

RAF Regiment Memorial at RAF Honington

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Some of the other memorials that can be found at RAF Honington

Memorial to;
Cpl M J Caulwell
SAC C Dunsmore
SAC P McFerran
and
LAC M Beard
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Memorial to;
SAC J D Baxter
and
SAC J M Reid
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RAF Honington History Room, known as the Sowrey Room
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Station Commander Boards
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Buccaneer Aircrew Memorial
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Bench next to the Regiment Memorial
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Giant Redwoods
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Millennium Yew
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Jimmy James Hangar
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SAC Jerry Dunstan Memorial
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2909 and 2901 Squadrons Memorial Plaque
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SAC D G Pritchard Memorial
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Memorials to;
Cpl Nigel Spence
SAC Adain Bould
and
LAC Jonathan Mills
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